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When consolidation comes

Inverter strategies: Data from GTM Research late in 2016 found that the ten largest inverter suppliers cornered 80% of the market last year, marking the greatest level of consolidation since 2010. Faced with this trend, what survival and growth strategies remain viable for those inverter suppliers that do not currently occupy a top-ten position?

By

Ian Clover

13 Apr 2017

Photo: SolarMax

When you are not blessed with the multinational footprint of Switzerland’s ABB or France’s Schneider Electric, the vast deep pockets and ICT background of China’s Huawei, the market leadership legacy of Germany’s SMA, or the first-mover advantage of Chinese firm Sungrow, how – as an inverter company – do you thrive and survive in an …

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